International Business News - Walgreen http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Walgreen Co , the largest U.S. drugstore chain, posted a slightly smaller quarterly profit on Tuesday, weighed down by weak sales of summer merchandise and costs behind its strategy to makeover its stores and streamline its overall operations. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/221339-a-customer-drives-away-from-the-walgreens.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090929/walgreen-4th-quarter-profit-slips.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090929/walgreen-4th-quarter-profit-slips.htm Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:00:01 EDT Customers filled more prescriptions at Walgreen Co. but continued to shy away from general merchandise, with sales at stores open at least a year up just 1.9 percent in August and 2.1 percent in the drugstore chain's recently completed fiscal year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219637-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090902/updatewalgreen-august-same-store-sales-rise-just9-pct.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090902/updatewalgreen-august-same-store-sales-rise-just9-pct.htm Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:40:47 EDT